Lincoln Ski and Snowshoe - February 18, 2015

SKI REPORT Wednesday, February 18, 2015,  Lincoln Ski and Snowshoe Ski Leader:  Marie Keutmann 7 miles, 10:00 am start from St. Anne’s parking lot, Route 126 Skiers (14):  Marie, Winnie Parker, Ilkka Suvanto, Tony Lee, Margie Lee, Peggy Gelin, Elizabeth Wicks, Dick Ivers, Janet Miller, Bill Haynes, Dave Slade, Richard Vignoni, George Stromberg, Pat Ward Snowshoe Leader:  Susan Sabin Snowshoers (2):  Susan Sabin and Don Mannes Present at lunch (3):  Edie Baxter, Jacque Smith and Joan Laxson With amazing snow conditions and beautiful weather,  14 skiers and 2 snowshoers turned up at St. Anne’s parking lot.  Perhaps anxious to hit the trail, more than half the group took off while I was still in the parking lot and before I could do a roll call and orientation talk.  After some confusion about who went where, we all eventually met up again on the trail behind Walden Pond.  From there we skied together to the water pumping station where several skiers fell on the challenging downhill.  The deep snow made for a soft landing but made it difficult to get up.  We skied along through the woods on the winding up and down trail along the Sudbury River.  We then skied out onto the frozen river up to the stone boathouse on Fairhaven Bay, where we rejoined the trail into the woods.  From there we skied up into Adams Woods on winding trails, crossed two snow covered roads (Old Concord Rd extensions), and then skied across large fields back to the parking lot.  Along the way the group again became spread out with a faster and slower group.  Unfortunately, this made it difficult to keep track of people and one skier got left behind and had to find his own way back in woods that were not familiar to him.  Meanwhile, Susan Sabin and Don Mannes snowshoed in the Mount Misery area for 21/2 hours, breaking trail the whole way and thoroughly enjoying themselves, and then meeting the group for lunch at Verrill Farm